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In exercise of powers conferred under section 37B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 Central Board of Excise & Customs considers it necessary, for the purposes of uniformity with respect to classification of “Polyester Staple Fibre” manufactured out of PET scrap and waste bottles, to issue the following instructions.
It has been brought to the notice of the Board that some of the manufacturers of exempted goods are exporting such goods under bond. Subsequently, they claim refund of accumulated input credit under Rule 5 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sections 136 and 138 of the Finance Act, 2007 (22 of 2007), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods specified in the Tenth Schedule to the Finance Act, 2010 (14 of 2010) from the Higher Education Cess leviable thereon under the said sections 136 and 138 of the said Finance Act.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sections 91 and 93 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 2004 (23 of 2004), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods specified in the Tenth Schedule to the Finance Act,2010 (14 of 2010) from the Education Cess leviable thereon under the said sections 91 and93 of the said Finance (No.2) Act.
It may kindly be recalled that as part of the proposals contained in the Budget for 2010-11, Finance Minister had announced the imposition of Clean Energy Cess as a duty of excise on coal, lignite and peat. This cess is to come into force on a date to be notified by the Central Government after the enactment of the Finance Bill, 2010.
It has been represented to the Board that certain units are undertaking the process of pickling and oiling in addition to process of de-coiling, cutting and slitting and whereas by circular No 811/08/2005-CX dated 02.03.2005 it has been clarified that processes of de-coiling, cutting and slitting do not amount to manufacture.
Registration.- Every producer who is liable to pay cess shall get registered immediately with the jurisdictional Central Excise Officer but not later than a period of thirty days from the date of commencement of these rules by making an application to the jurisdictional Central Excise Officer :
Clean Energy Cess Notification No. 05/2010- Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods produced or extracted as per traditional and customary rights enjoyed by local tribals in the State of Meghalaya without any license or lease required under any law for the time being in force, from the clean energy cess leviable under section 83 of the said Finance Act.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 83 of the Finance Act, 2010 (14 of 2010) read with section 5A of the Central Excise Act,1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods leviable to the Clean Energy Cess under section 83 of the said Finance Act ,
(C) dumpers or tippers, falling under Chapter 87 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), registered in the name of provider of output service for providing taxable services as specified in sub-clauses (zzza) and (zzzy) of clause (105) of section 65 of the said Finance Act
